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Important Dates: 11/18-11/22 – St. Thomas Food Drive (K girls bring canned tuna, K boys bring canned meats) 11/20 – SFX Open House (6:30-8:00) 11/22 – SFX Thanksgiving Feast (during school day) 11/25 & 11/26 – Parent Teacher Conferences (11:45 Kindergarten Dismissal) 11/27-11/29 – NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break) A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: We are loving having the opportunity

SFX Glow Run Families, Our class is having a BLAST preparing for the SFX Glow Run coming up soon! We’ve also begun learning how to choose to live with character every day through Booster’s brand new character theme, MindSpark: Wild West. While they’re teaming up with the MindSpark Kids to compete in character duels, your students will learn five 21st-century character traits that will help strengthen them

FOR YOUR CALENDAR: Thursday, October 31st:  Halloween Day! Friday, November 1st:  10:00 school mass Monday, November 4th:  8th grade pizza day Wednesday, November 20th:  birthday dress down day Monday, November 25:  noon dismissal and parent/teacher conferences Tuesday, November 26th:  Mrs. Zeman’s class leads school mass at 10:00, noon dismissal, parent/teacher conferences Wednesday, November 27th-December 1st

Dear Kindergarten Parents, Please be reminded that our field trip to Kroll’s Farm is this Friday!  Students should wear uniforms and appropriate outer-wear for the weather, including mittens, hats, boots, if needed.  Please send your child to school with a 100% disposable lunch, including beverage containers. Let’s hope for a beautiful day! This Wednesday is October Birthday Dress Down Day!  A BUSY four d

Important Dates: 10/15 @ 7pm: Rosary at St. Joseph Church for Preschool and Kindergarten families 10/25: Field Trip to Kroll’s Farm A Week in Review: We hope this update finds you well at the end of this fall three day weekend! In our writing unit this week, the children made little texts of the beloved tradition, show and tell. You can likely imagine the palpable excitement when stuffed animals, toy cars, poni

For your calendar: 10/4 – Green and Gold Dress-Down Day to celebrate SFX Homecoming! 10/10 – Wear PINK DAY! 10/14 – NO SCHOOL (Columbus Day Observation) 10/25 – Field Trip to Kroll’s Farm YOU WILL RECEIVE A PERMISSION SLIP IN YOUR CHILD’S TAKE HOME FOLDER TODAY!  PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN IT TO SCHOOL WITH A CHECK FOR $17 MADE OUT TO SFX ASAP.  THANK YOU! A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: We have been prac

Important Dates: 9/30 – Picture Day 10/2 – Early Dismissal (pick-up begins @1:30 for K and Enrichment students) 10/4 – Green and Gold Dress-Down Day to celebrate SFX Homecoming! 10/14 – NO SCHOOL (Columbus Day Observation) 10/25 – Field Trip to Kroll’s Farm A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: This past week we transitioned from reading only non-fiction books to reading old favorite

Important dates: 9/25 – August and September birthday dress down 10/25:  Field Trip to Kroll’s Farm (information to follow shortly) Dear Kindergarten Parents, Thanks to all who attended “Back to School Night”!  We hope that you enjoyed hearing all about the kindergarten curriculum, philosophy, and procedures.  If you were unable to attend, we will send the information home with your child. Please be

Important Dates: 9/16 – After School Clubs begin 9/19 – Back to School Night 9/20 – NO SCHOOL (Teacher professional development day) 9/25 – August and September birthday dress down A Week in Review: Reading Workshop – In reading workshop, our students are discovering the learning benefits of rereading.  They know that they can learn even more but reviewing what they’ve read and taking a closer look at the pictu

Important Dates: 9/11 – After School Club registration due to office 9/16 – After School Clubs begin 9/19 – Back to School Night 9/20 – NO SCHOOL (Teacher professional development day) 9/25 – August and September birthday dress down A Week in Review: Reading Workshop – In reading workshop, our students will learn a reading strategy and put it to practice through private and partner

Dear Early Childhood Families, We are thrilled to kick off extended day programming for our littlest Crusaders today, September 3rd. Should you have any questions regarding your Lunch Bunch/Enrichment selections this morning, please email office@sfx-school.org and we will be happy to confirm your enrollment. Please review the overview below for pick up of all Preschool students: MORNING PICK UP 11am dismissal for Jr.

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Dear Parents, We would like very much to thank you for a fabulous year!  Your support allowed so many great things to happen within the kindergarten classrooms!  We are so excited to see your little ones as first graders when school starts! Thank you for all of your efforts, your generosity, your kind notes and gifts, and for being fabulous SFX parents!  We wish you all a very happy, safe, healthy, and wonderful summ

Important Dates 6/4: Full Kindergarten Mass @10AM 6/5: Field Day @11:30AM 6/6: Kindergarten Picnic @11AM 6/11: Kindergarten Graduation @10AM Important Information Mass and Graduation: Please continue to practice mass lines and graduation poem lines so our kiddos are prepared for these big events! Please note that school will officially be out for summer for our kindergarten students after our graduation ceremony comm

Dates for your calendar: 6/4: Full Kindergarten Mass 6/6: Kindergarten End-of-year Picnic at Gillson Park 6/11: Kindergarten Graduation at 10:00 in the church Dear Parents,  Time is zooming by!  Please take note of the above dates.  Please be advised of the following:   -Students should be in full uniform (including vests) for our mass on June 4th. -Children should dress in uniforms and appropriate outerwear for the

Dates for your calendar: 5/22:  Fly Up Day (see below) 6/4: Full Kindergarten Mass 6/11: Kindergarten Graduation Dear Parents, We are looking very forward to sampling first grade on this Wednesday’s “fly up” day!  We will meet the first grade teachers and kindergartners will have the opportunity to discover what first grade will be like.  The first graders will answer all of our questions and give u

Dates for your calendar: 4/19-4/24: NO SCHOOL – Easter Break 5/1: 3 Piggy Opera performance @10AM in gym (see details below) 5/22:  Fly Up Day (see below) 6/4: Full Kindergarten Mass 6/11: Kindergarten Graduation Dear Parents, It has been a very full week preparing for Easter.  On Thursday, Father Wayne Watts met us in the church and did an amazing job of teaching us about the Passion at an age-appropriate level.  Th

Upcoming Dates: 4/12: Showcase 4/19-4/24: NO SCHOOL – Easter Break 5/1: 3 Piggy Opera performance @10AM in gym (see details below) 6/4: Full Kindergarten Mass 6/11: Kindergarten Graduation A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: We are having a blast hosting “reading playdates” during reading workshop. These playdates include activities like playing school, playing reading games, and playing pretend whe

FOR YOUR CALENDAR:    NO SCHOOL MARCH 25 – 29:  HAPPY SPRING BREAK! Monday, April 1st:  8th grade pizza day  Wednesday, April 3rd:  April birthday dress down day  Friday, April 19th – Wednesday, April 24th:  No School-Easter Break!   A WEEK IN REVIEW:  LANGUAGE ARTS:  In reading workshop, we are working on connecting with the feelings of characters in the books we read and learning the characteristics of 

Upcoming Dates: 3/20: March Birthday Dress Down Day 3/25-3/29: NO SCHOOL – Spring Break!   A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: We have launched our new “Becoming Avid Readers” unit. In this unit, you can anticipate our students to grow their love for reading through reading “playdates.” We will work on setting reading goals, expressing our reactions to books, and recording our think

Upcoming Dates: 3/6: Ash Wednesday Mass 3/7 and 3/8: *11:50 dismissal time for parent-teacher conferences 3/15: Grandparent’s Day 3/16:  SFX St. Patrick’s Day mass and party 3/25 through 3/29:  NO SCHOOL!  SPRING BREAK! PLEASE NOTE:  Due to Ash Wednesday Mass, Wednesday will not be a box top dress down day. A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: The students are practicing noticing details in the pictures of the b

Upcoming Dates: 3/6: Ash Wednesday Mass 3/7 and 3/8: *11:50 dismissal time for parent-teacher conferences 3/15: Grandparent’s Day   A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: As the books we read get more challenging, we will need to add “extra strength” to some of the reading strategies we have already learned. This week, we worked to add extra strength to our picture power, by talking about the pict

Hello all! Below you will find photos from our 100th Day of School! We completed STEM challenges that included building with 100 legos, 100 planks, and 100 stacking cups. We also made pictures out of the number 100! We worked together to write 100 words and tried to fit 100 stickers inside of the number 100. Needless to say it was a busy but fun celebration!  

FOR YOUR CALENDAR: Monday, 2/11:  8th grade pizza day Thursday, 2/14:  Valentines Day (details below) Monday, 2/18:  No school……Presidents Day Wednesday, 2/20:  Birthday dress down day VALENTINE’S DAY: We will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a card exchange on February 14th.  We ask that you please do not send any candy or treats to be passed out due to allergy concerns.  If desired, your child may pass ou

Upcoming Dates: *Thursday, 1/31: 100th Day of School Celebration! See “extra news,” below for our fun, alternative dress-up information! A Week in Review: Reading Workshop: We are using ABC books to support the development of our expanding vocabulary. We are working together as classes to create our very own “classroom dictionaries,” which will house the many new words we’ve learned in r